25. Contingent Liabilities and Other Financial Commitments
Contingent liabilities
The following table presents warranty contracts as well as other contingent liabilities existing as of the reporting date:
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Dec. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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€ million |
€ million |
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Warranties |
1 |
1 |
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Other contingent liabilities |
6 |
3 |
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Total |
7 |
4 |
Other financial commitments
The other financial commitments were as follows:
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Dec. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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€ million |
€ million |
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Operating leases |
424 |
450 |
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Orders already placed for started or planned investment projects |
187 |
248 |
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Loan commitments to Bayer-Pensionskasse VVaG |
208 |
208 |
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Total |
819 |
906 |
The nondiscounted future minimum lease payments relating to operating leases were as follows:
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Dec. 31, 2017 |
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Dec. 31, 2018 |
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Maturing in |
€ million |
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Maturing in |
€ million |
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2018 |
76 |
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2019 |
89 |
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2019 |
57 |
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2020 |
69 |
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2020 |
53 |
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2021 |
59 |
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2021 |
47 |
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2022 |
54 |
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2022 |
44 |
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2023 |
48 |
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2023 or later |
147 |
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2024 or later |
131 |
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Total |
424 |
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Total |
450 |
Obligations from leases classified as operating leases relate mainly to leases for real estate and logistics infrastructure. The increase in future minimum operating lease payments is primarily attributable to new leases for depots in Germany, tank wagons in the United States, and other new leases.
In cases where pension obligations allocable to the Covestro Group are funded through pension institutions used jointly with other companies (especially Bayer), it is generally contractually ensured that Covestro participates in funding measures that serve to guarantee adequate funding status and/or adequate solvency capital of these pension institutions for the long term. To this end, Covestro AG agreed to grant Bayer-Pensionskasse VVaG an interest-bearing loan of up to €208 million for the effective initial fund as required.